Vampyrum spectrum (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:31.

TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam .

DISTRIBUTION: Veracruz (Mexico) to Ecuador and Peru, N and SW Brazil, and Guianas; Trinidad; perhaps Jamaica.

SYNONYMS: nelsoni.

COMMENTS: See Navarro and Wilson (1982, Mammalian Species, 184).